diff --git a/net/9p/trans_fd.c b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
index c0762a302162..240a2bb055b7 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_fd.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ p9_fd_create_unix(struct p9_client *client, const char *addr, char *args)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct socket *csocket;
-	struct sockaddr_un sun_server;
+	struct sockaddr_un sun_server = {};
 
 	csocket = NULL;